Stefan Mitrović (water polo)

This article is about the Serbian water polo player. For other people named Stefan Mitrović, see Stefan Mitrović (disambiguation).

Stefan Mitrović
Mitrović at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Club information
Current team	Partizan
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2006–2013	Partizan
2013–2016	Szolnoki
2016–2019	Ferencvárosi
2019–2020	Olympiacos
2020	Apollon Smyrnis
2021–present	Partizan
Medal record Men's water polo Representing Serbia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2009 Rome Team 2015 Kazan Team 2011 Shanghai Team 2017 Budapest Team European Championship 2012 Eindhoven 2014 Budapest 2016 Belgrade 2018 Barcelona 2010 Zagreb FINA World League 2007 Berlin 2010 Niš 2011 Firenze 2013 Chelyabinsk 2014 Dubai 2015 Bergamo 2016 Huizhou 2017 Ruza 2019 Belgrade 2009 Podgorica FINA World Cup 2010 Oreada 2018 Berlin Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 2018 Tarragona

Stefan Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Митровић; born 29 March 1988) is a Serbian water polo center back for Partizan. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold medals in 2016 and 2020. He was pulled out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics team after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident. He won the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Club career

Partizan Raiffeisen

On 22 October 2011. Mitrović scored three goals in the first round of the Euroleague Group, in an 8–9 loss to Szeged Beton VE. On 26 November Mitrović scored a goal in a 9–6 Euroleague third round win over ZF Eger in Belgrade. Mitrović scored three goals on 14 December in the fourth round of the Euroleague, in the 12–8 second defeat to ZF Eger. On 8 February Stefan Mitrović scored a goal for Partizan in the fifth round of the Euroleague Group in which his team won without much problem 9–5 against TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA. On 15 February Mitrović scored his first goal of the Serbian National Championship season, in the second round of the "A League", in an 8–6 win against Crvena Zvezda VET. On 1 March Mitrović scored a goal against VK Vojvodina in a 10–9 win in the "A League" fourth round.

Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP

Starting with the 2013–2014 season he played for Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP. He was part of the team for three seasons, until 2016, winning the national championship in the last two out of the three occasions.

Ferencvárosi TC

Starting with the 2016–2017 season he will be playing for Ferencvárosi TC alongside other signings from his previous team such as Dániel Varga, Norbert Madaras and Márton Tóth.

Olympiacos

On 25 June 2019, he signed for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos.

National career

On 16 January, at the European Championship Mitrović scored a goal in the first game in an 8–5 win against Spain. Mitrović was a big part of his team on 19 January, in a big 15–12 victory against the defending European champions Croatia. He scored two goals for his team. On 27 January Mitrović scored two goals in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Stefan Mitrović won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored two goals alongside his captain Vanja Udovičić in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8. Later that year he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Honours

VK Partizan

• LEN Champions League: 2010–11
• Serbian Championship: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Serbian Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

Szolnoki

• Hungarian Championship: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Hungarian Cup: 2014
• Hungarian Super Cup: 2016

Ferencvaros

• LEN Champions League: 2018–19
• LEN Super Cup: 2018
• LEN Euro Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
• Hungarian Championships: 2017–18, 2018–19
• Hungarian Cup: 2018
• Hungarian Super Cup: 2017, 2018

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2019–20
• Greek Cup: 2019–20
• Greek Super Cup: 2019

Awards

• Hungarian Championship Top Scorer: 2013–14

Personal life

Mitrović is married to Ilinka. In November 2024, Mitrović joined the ruling populist Serbian Progressive Party.

See also

• Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

External links

• Stefan Mitrović at World Aquatics
• Stefan Mitrović at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
• Stefan Mitrović at Olympics.com
• Stefan Mitrović at Olympedia
• Stefan Mitrović at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (in Serbian)
• Stefan Mitrović at Water Polo Association of Serbia (archived)